Show WILY WHY 1 I AM AAK AGAINST TUB LONG during dining that period ot of a childs life I 1 I 1 re from 6 to 10 years yeara ot of ogo age lt it la Is I 1 very ery necessary ne ry that wo stimulate a for learning to do this wo we must mako make it tia as interesting an pos po bibid can anything be interesting during through the hot nummer months it la also necessary that wo we else areat preat care to insure physical fitness continuous confinement ont will ako anko t tho the pop out ot of any hild child c and has a tendency toni loncy to 0 lysson losson nerve power and retard development how can call ft a mind remain clort and awen under such not any grownup grown up uch pun then why force it on a who cannot help hell itself for tho the past two iwo years wo we havo hav lind halt day clay ims sessions for tho the lot and grades the ja a readily noticeable tho the child docant get along nearly so eo fast asi a 4 he should As for tho the moral homent ben blit I 1 can see nono none for or tho child in tho the farming community while ile ho la Is at school hut but a halt half day clay ho he Is usually away from homo home tho t he roost most of it this trouble would bo be greater through tho the busy summer months as no parent has baa time to bo be continually looking up his children whon when a child la Is at homo home on tho the farm through hla his vacation ho he la is thu constant companion of hid bid p parents arents more aloro can be done hero bore tor for its moral education edu catlon than can bo dono done under any other cod dation it was w is pointed out that a child forgot much of what it learned through school term during tho the long vacation now nony through till this vacation tho the child takes hid big part ot of tho the responsibility of keeping tho the home it Is constantly ca c confronted on fronted with the things it has loomed learned in school dut but hero here they are of a practical nature and are therefore more firmly impressed on the mind no small part and a very important part of childs education la Is received tit at homo home deuring vacation mr air day cays wo we are crow crowding dinn nine months of work into eight months of school now it if we have a continuous school with halfday halt balf day sessions which would equal to six months ot of tull full day sessions ces we would 16 bo crowding nine months month of work into six months of school would this not increase the difference diffor in the tate rate ot learning between the fast and slow alow pupil rather they decrease it economizing Is quite a factor hut but should we economize at tho expense ot of a childs childr welfare Is the saving of P few cents to each taxpayer na as important as the mental do die ot of those thoa children who tomorrow take tho the responsibilities that wo we now hold I 1 have talked to over parents paren tb with the he exception of one who had no children who were effected they all looked with extreme disfavor on the longer term A L LOUIS Mine raville utah |